Founded in 1992, the EuroPharm Forum had its 10th Annual Meeting in 2001, with 74 participants from 25 countries. The Meeting consisted of sessions for both professional and administrative business. Reports of activities during the past year and proposals for future activities were made, and a poster exhibition was held. The participants took part in six workshops on projects being carried out by Forum members and in a symposium on professionalism and ethics. The Forum approved revised versions of a protocol and guidelines on diabetes care, and ...

EuroPharm Forum was founded in 1992. This is a Report of the 11th Annual Meeting, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2002. 70 participants from 26 countries participated in the meeting, which consisted of a business and professional session, including reports of activities during the past year, together with proposals for future activities. The meeting included a public symposium on future aspects of pharmacy practice in the light of WHO policies. During the business part of the meeting, elections were held for new officers and ...

This is a Report of the 13th Annual Meeting, which took place at the premises of the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, in October 2004. 75 delegates from 27 countries participated in the meeting to assess the work of the past year, plan future activities and decide issues of policy. The meeting consisted of a business general assembly and a professional session with both a policy-oriented and a practice-oriented workshop. During the business part of the meeting, elections were held for new officers and members of ...

The European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (‎ETAGE)‎ met on 8–9 October
2014 to review and discuss immunization activities and developments in the WHO European Region and
provide advice to the WHO Regional Office on appropriate activities. Main topics for discussion included
the measles and rubella action plan and progress made in achieving the regional elimination goal;
monitoring implementation of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (‎GVAP)‎ and development of the
European Vaccine Action Plan 2015–2020 (‎EVAP)‎; defining a ...

The 17th Annual Meeting was held to discuss the implementation of the countrywide integrated noncommunicable disease intervention (‎CINDI)‎ programme in the previous year and the plan of work for the coming year. Reports were presented on the implementation of CINDI in participating countries, and on the activities of the CINDI working groups on monitoring, evaluation and research; smoking; hypertension; the workplace; children and young people; nutrition and elevated blood cholesterol; nursing; diabetes; physical activity; guidelines and training ...

The objective of this workshop was to organize the pilot implementation of a Performance Assessment Tool for quality improvement in Hospitals (‎PATH)‎ developed by WHO Europe in a sample of hospitals in six European countries (‎Belgium, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Poland/Silesia Region and Slovakia)‎ and two countries outside Europe (‎South Africa/Kwazulu Natal and Canada/Ontario)‎. The PATH project aims to provide tools to support hospitals in assessing their performance, questioning their own results, and translating them into actions for improvement, ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Programme is one of many programmes within Country Policies, Systems and Services (‎CPS)‎ in the Division of Country Support (‎DCS)‎, WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Nursing and Midwifery Programme has a substantial influence on the stewardship, human resources allocation and service delivery. The ninth meeting of the network of Government Chief Nurses in the WHO European Region took place on 5-6 December 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting included presentations, reports from participants and workshop discussions. ...

The success of the WHO European Alcohol Action Plan depends on the commitment and active participation of international organizations, Member States and governmental and nongovernmental agencies at national and local levels. In particular, a network of alcohol and health advocacy groups is needed to support nongovernmental action at local, national and international levels in line with the Action Plan. A meeting was organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe as a first step in creating such a network. Representatives from nongovernmental ...

The WHO Regional Office for Europe organized a Seminar for the newly independent states (‎NIS)‎ to analyse the increased cost of pharmaceuticals to patients and the effect of this on access to health care and to discuss successes and failures in the various countries. The aims of the seminar were to develop strategies and programmes aimed at providing political awareness of this problem, to suggest new approaches and concepts and to make policy-makers as well as government officials aware of the effect of their decisions on the accessibility, and ...

The WHO Regional Office for Europe organized a Seminar for the newly independent states (‎NIS)‎ to analyse the increased cost of pharmaceuticals to patients and the effect of this on access to health care and to discuss successes and failures in the various countries. The aims of the seminar were to develop strategies and programmes aimed at providing political awareness of this problem, to suggest new approaches and concepts and to make policy-makers as well as government officials aware of the effect of their decisions on the accessibility, and ...

The Regional Office is developing a series of brief technical brochures aimed at local authorities, to provide them with accurate and practical information on environment and health issues. One of the topics in the series is accidents, an area of environment and health where local authorities constantly face difficult situations. Pamphlets are to be issued covering local policy for accident prevention, child accidents, accidents and older people, fire safety, water safety, road safety, home safety, playground safety and sport and leisure safety. ...

A recent assessment by WHO confirmed that urban air pollution is still having a major negative impact on human health in Europe, including the Eastern parts of the WHO European Region. An effective policy to reduce the risk from exposure to outdoor air pollution is therefore urgently required. However, in some EECCA (‎Eastern European, Caucasian and Central Asian)‎ countries the system of air quality monitoring, control and management is weak. An upgrade of legal, organizational and technical frameworks is needed. To tackle this, the 5th Ministerial ...